"Big Me"

"Big Me" by Dan Chaon was a story i really enjoyed reading but i felt like i didnt fully understand it and needed to read it a second time to see if there was anything I had missed the first time because the first time I read "Big Me" the end of it left me with a lot of questions about Andy's life growing up, and how his imagination had taken a far bigger role then reality did which made him to have these "black outs". I wasn't sure if something more traumatic then what is explained to him is what actually happened and maybe his brain actually created these new more enjoyable memories that had this fun story of him being a detective who goes on these missions to gather as many facts as he can on Louis Mickleson the teacher who moved into his hang out house and will also be his 7th grade teacher who apparently looks like an old version of himself so... I going to have to agree with his wife when she said "If I told you that I had periods when I... lost time... wouldn't you be concerned? Wouldn't you want me to see a doctor?" to him having, 'black outs', at certain points was something to be concerned about, and its likely to be something his brain had intentionally blocked out because its something traumatic, and he mentions his childhood being terrible, and how dysfunctional his family is. I'm going to have to agree with Mrs. O'Day... im concerned for Andy and hope things work out for him